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College Level Study Skills
Last Updated, April 2017

How to Get Started:
Creating a Study Schedule: A quick guide from Cornell.
Tips for Commuter Students: Your needs are unique. Here are some great tips to help you make the most of each day.
How to Make the Most of Your Academic Advising Appointments: Details about how to prepare for an advising appointment.
Starting Off On the Right Path: How to survive and thrive in the first year of college.
Assignment Calculator: This link is designed to keep you on track and finish on time.

Locating Information:
How to Locate Information in a College Library: This is a quick guide on the use of the Library of Congress classification system.
Scholarly v. Popular Articles: How to know when you are selecting the right thing.

Reading Skills:

Active Reading: How to be an engaged reader. This site from Dartmouth contains reading strategies and dispels reading myths.
Reading a textbook: How to read a textbook and take notes for better understanding from Cornell University.

Notetaking Skills:

Cornell Notetaking System: Learn to simplify notetaking to get the most important information on the page.
Taking Meaningful College Notes: Steps to get it right the first time.

Discipline Specific Study Skills:

Humanities: Reading intensive courses require their own strategy. Learn more on this site.

Science: How to study science topics.

Success:
Cal Newport Blog: Investigate focused learning with this Study Hacks guide. Newport is the author of several excellent books on the topic.

Prepared by: Beth Kois, M.Ed.